Vanity plate origin?

Does anyone know when or where the first vanity/personal license plates originated?

 

Pennsylvania manufactured the first custom, vanity or personalized license plate in 1931.

according to:
http://www.licenseplates.tv/history.html

 

Great info.

My guess was my wannabe Yuppie neighbors .

Sorry. Couldn't help myself.

Mike

 

Supurb info; thank you......any possibility you could tell when this event took place in Ohio?

 

assman.

 

hahahahahaha

 

1935... Special reserved license plates became available. I'm not sure if that included "personal" plates or not... I would guess that's what it means.

http://www.bmv.ohio.gov/misc/bmv_hist.htm

http://www.bmv.ohio.gov/vehicle_registration/special_plates.htm

 

cool web site...thanks man

later dudes
chuck

 

Good ol Boy; Thanks...seems looking to the BMV was too obvious; just didn't go there. I'm sure there's a 'Stupid Assman' joke in there somewhere!!